DEMPSEY T.J.

Given Names:  Thomas James

Service Number:  7960

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 6, Bty 16                                                                               

Rank:  Corporal                                                                                                              

Paybook Number:  64046

Age:  21 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Brethren

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  133 Lbs

Chest:  32-34½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Normal

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Dempsey

10 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  22/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Persic A34

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ypringa  

Embarked:  15/5/1918                               

Disembarked:  5/7/1918

Unit:  6th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  26/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  16656

British War Medal:  28297

Victory Medal:  28127

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  12/9/1894

Place:  Brunswick, Victoria                      

Father:  Thomas DEMPSEY                     

Mother:  Mary HILL

MARRIAGE

Year:  1935     

Place:             

Spouse: Frieda Dorothea RAVELING

DEATH

Date or Year: 16/7/1967                          

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria                             

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 5/6/1917; gun shot wound, left hand & neck

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V365505                                     

Date Enlisted:  19/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  8/10/1945

COMMENTS

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